Great Pyrenees

Great Pyrenees

a very large (90-140 lb), powerfully built dog with a medium to long, thick coat in white, sometimes with patches of badger, gray or pale yellow. The ears are small and the tail long. Characteristically, there are double dewclaws on the hindfeet. The breed is predisposed to osteochondrosis. Outside North America, called Pyrenean Mountain dog.

This week, Luke will be starting his second walking journey with his two Great Pyrenees, Hudson and Indiana, along the West Coast (the first journey was in the Eastern region between Houston and Boston in 2008).

Robo, submitted by Cindy Turtle of Saving Pyrs in Need (Granbury, Texas) -- Just when a Great Pyrenees puppy needed a second chance, a concerned veterinarian and a devoted rescue group were able to help provide the care and compassion he deserved.

Cragin's shadowboxes are also part of the exhibit, including a portrait of her grandmother who loved clocks, and one of her favorites that celebrates "a brilliant and kind Great Pyrenees named Pooh" who was a family pet.

Many of our family and friends thought last year that we had stepped off the deep end somewhere, but we added to our young family of four with 25 laying hens, a dairy goat in milk (her milk supplies us with homemade butter, yogurt and ice cream), New Zealand White rabbits, a raised bed garden in our front yard, and a Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dog.

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